but it was martin kaymer's putt on the 18th green yesterday against steve stricker which brought the cup back to europe. it was a shocking performance on the part of the americans. europe went out and won the first five matches yesterday, and that really instilled a belief in the rest of the team. in the end, europe won 8 1/2 points out of a possible 12. for an improbable victory. there was a little bit of drama yesterday, as well, because rory mcilroy, as you know, is the world number one. but he had mistakenly looked at the time sheet, and saw that it was a tee off time for 12:25 p.m. so in actual fact that was eastern time instead of central time. so he was due at the course way before 11:25. but he didn't arrive until seven minutes before his tee time. eventually getting here courtesy of hitching a ride with a state trooper. but he managed to make it to the key, casually walked out onto the course and brought home a valuable point to the european team. but had he not made it here on time this would have been a totally different story. however there was a nice moment when the capi